Sentence examples for were still used from inspiring English sources

As late as 1880 rushlights were still used in England.

But we were still used to building robots for the research market.

Currency continued to be based on the gold standard, and imperial units were still used.

The system was officially dissolved in 1960, but many prisons, including Perm-36 were still used.

And yet – statuses change, attitudes don't – they were still used as frat-boy fodder for the goons, leading to their falling out.

And though the U.S. Army opted for more modern weaponry abroad, attack dogs were still used at home, for crowd control.

Even when the family of the slain woman released photos of her on June 23, Ms. Soltani's pictures were still used in news reports and on Web sites.

The companies respond that there would be no problem if the former process of informal "conference" with regulators were still used to clear violations without litigation.

After the 12th century, runes were still used occasionally for charms and memorial inscriptions until the 16th or 17th century, chiefly in Scandinavia.

As late as 2006 when the brewery closed, horses and drays were still used to deliver beer to pubs a mile or two away and the site was home to a live ram and a flock of geese.

The guard tower, which was donated by the state of Louisiana and driven to the nation's capitol on a flatbed truck, dates back to the 1930s, a time when vagrancy laws were still used explicitly for these purposes.